Printer s type-case



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JOHN BELL, OF HARLEMNEW YORK.

PRINTERS TYPE-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 6,994, dated January 8, 1850.

T 0 all 'whom/t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN BELL, of Harlem, in the city and county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin the Printers Type-Case; and I hereby declare the following to be afull and exact description of t-he same, reference being had to theannexed drawings.

In the common type case the bottom is only secured to the sides and main:trame work, and consequently is very apt to spring from the lower edgesof the partitions that form the recesses tor the letters, when a casecharged with type is removed from one place to another. This .almostinvariably takes place; and hence small type drop down and becomeinsinuated between the bottom and these edges and produce a well knownsource of annoyance; besides prematurely wearing out the cases Now myimprovement consists in grooving the bottoms of cases for the receptionof the lower parts of the partitions and gluing these in them-thusgiving each recess a tight bottom-one always in Contact withit-rendering the entire case more compact and durable, and eftectuallypreventing the escape of the thinnest leads or letters from theirplaces.

The drawing is a perspective view of my improved case, a part of whichis represented complete and a part (marked a, a, a, 0,) with thepartitions removed to show the grooved bottom.

I have not described the tools for grooving or the mode or modes ofusing them, as both are too well known to require explication; nor haveI named any particular depth of grooves as this will be regulated by thethickness of the bottoms and judgment of workmen. I @Online my claim to-Grooving the bottoms of type-cases for the reception of the lower edgesof the partitions, and to securing these in them by glue, in the mannerherein set forth or of modes substantially the same.

JOHN BELL.

